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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT contracts within the Crawley region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank218
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads1811
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.029 %0.012 %
As % of the category below21.69 %6.748 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£300£350
Average daily rate£325£350
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£330
% change on same period last year-5.22 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£37.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.59£32.06
% change on same period last year-10.81 %
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Crawley
Matching contract IT job ads83163
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.135 %0.178 %
Daily rates quoted3061
Average minimum daily rate£308£339
Average daily rate£338£351
% change on same period last year-3.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted850
Average minimum hourly rate£26.72£14.42
Average hourly rate£28.31£15.50
% change on same period last year+82.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.89£16.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.15£23.97
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Developer West SussexDeveloper
West Sussex

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Developer across the Crawley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Crawley Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Developer across the Crawley region.

Crawley Developer Daily Rate Trend

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Developer across the Crawley region.

Crawley Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley region that cited Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Developer in their job title.

117 (56.67 %).NET
213 (43.33 %)SQL Server
213 (43.33 %)SQL
311 (36.67 %)VB.NET
311 (36.67 %)WinForms
48 (26.67 %)Degree
48 (26.67 %)Crystal Reports
56 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
56 (20.00 %)CSS
65 (16.67 %)HTML
74 (13.33 %)C#
74 (13.33 %)MCSD
74 (13.33 %)Microsoft
74 (13.33 %)Microsoft Certification
83 (10.00 %)XHTML
83 (10.00 %)JavaScript
83 (10.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
92 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2005
92 (6.667 %)AJAX
92 (6.667 %)VBScript
92 (6.667 %)WebServices
92 (6.667 %)XML
92 (6.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
92 (6.667 %)MS Excel
92 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2000
101 (3.333 %)UML
101 (3.333 %)VC++
101 (3.333 %)Finance
101 (3.333 %)Aerospace
101 (3.333 %)Government

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley region that cited Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (56.67 %).NET
211 (36.67 %)WinForms
36 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
36 (20.00 %)CSS
45 (16.67 %)HTML
53 (10.00 %)XHTML
53 (10.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
62 (6.667 %)AJAX
62 (6.667 %)WebServices
62 (6.667 %)XML
71 (3.333 %)ASP
71 (3.333 %).NET Framework
71 (3.333 %)WCF
71 (3.333 %)WPF
71 (3.333 %)WF
71 (3.333 %)Silverlight
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (3.333 %)SharePoint
11 (3.333 %)BizTalk Server
11 (3.333 %)Content Management Server
11 (3.333 %)CMS
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (6.667 %)MS Excel
21 (3.333 %)Photoshop
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.333 %)Line 50
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.333 %)Intranet
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (43.33 %)SQL Server
28 (26.67 %)Crystal Reports
32 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (3.333 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (3.333 %)DTS
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (6.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (3.333 %)Rational Rose
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (3.333 %)Finance
11 (3.333 %)Aerospace
11 (3.333 %)Government
11 (3.333 %)Military
11 (3.333 %)Insurance
11 (3.333 %)Marketing
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (3.333 %)UML
11 (3.333 %)Software Engineering
11 (3.333 %)Internet Marketing
11 (3.333 %)Security Cleared
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (43.33 %)SQL
211 (36.67 %)VB.NET
34 (13.33 %)C#
43 (10.00 %)JavaScript
52 (6.667 %)VBScript
61 (3.333 %)VC++
61 (3.333 %)C++
61 (3.333 %)Transact-SQL
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (26.67 %)Degree
24 (13.33 %)MCSD
24 (13.33 %)Microsoft Certification
Crawley IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (13.33 %)Microsoft
21 (3.333 %)Sage
21 (3.333 %)Endeca